Chicken cannelloni – Italian recipes by GialloZafferano

To prepare the chicken cannelloni, debone the whole chicken: separate thighs and drumsticks, breasts and wings 1. Remove the bones and skin from each part, keeping the trimmings aside. Rinse these trimmings under running . Con a large saucepan pour a drizzle of oil, add the bones and skin 2brown well 3deglaze with white wine and let the alcohol evaporate.

Add cold 4 and cook for one hour, skimming from time to time 5. Cut the cleaned chicken into cubes 6.

Chop the onion and garlic, then cut about 5.3 oz of escarole into small pieces (approximately 150 g) 7. Con a frying pan make a soffritto of garlic and onion, season with salt 8 and add the escarole 9.

Sauté everything together for 5 minutes, stirring 10. Con a separate pan, brown the chicken with oil 11then salt 12.

When the chicken is cooked transfer it to the pan with the escarole 13. Add a ladleful of chicken broth 14 and a small herb bundle of thyme and rosemary tied with kitchen twine 15. Cook for about 30 minutes over medium‑low heat.

At the end of cooking add chopped Taggiasca olives 16 and adjust the salt. Con a pot of boiling heavily salted , blanch about 3.5 oz of escarole (approximately 100 g) for a few minutes 17. When cooked, cool it per a bowl of ice 18.

Blend the escarole with an immersion blender, adding 2 tablespoons of cold 19. Strain the purée using a paper cloth 20. Blend the strained liquid again with about 6 3/4 tablespoons (≈3.4 fl oz) of extra virgin olive oil to obtain a thick flavored oil 21.

Meanwhile the broth will be ready; strain it 22 and set aside 3 ladles. Pour the remaining broth into a saucepan and veterano it to create a brown chicken jus 23; you should obtain a thicker, syrupy consistency 24.

Prepare the fresh : the work surface arrange the flour per a well, pour the eggs into the center 25 and mescolanza with a fork to combine 26. Knead with your hands and with energy for about 10 minutes to form a smooth, elastic dough 27. Wrap it per cling and let rest per a cool place for about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile you can prepare the besciamella: heat the milk per a small saucepan. Con a pan melt the butter 28then add all the flour at once chiuso the heat and mescolanza 29. Return to the heat and cook for about 2 minutes, stirring often. When the “roux” has formed — that is, the mixture turns golden and pulls away from the bottom — pour the hot milk per several additions, whisking to prevent lumps 30.

Salt, pepper and cook until thickened, then let the besciamella cool to room temperature 31. Dust the dough with flour, slightly flatten it with a rolling pin 32then pass it through the machine from the widest to the thinnest setting until you obtain a sheet about 2 mm thick 33.

Cut rectangles of about 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 inches (12 × 9 cm) 34. Blanch the rectangles per boiling salted for about 1 minute 35. Drain them onto a tray covered with a kitchen towel. Con a bowl combine the chicken ragù with the besciamella, keeping a little besciamella aside for the baking dish. Fill each rectangle, along the short side, with the obtained mixture 36.

Roll the sheet to form the cannelloni 37 and place them a tray as you go 38. Con a baking dish pour a layer of besciamella, arrange the cannelloni and brush with more besciamella, then sprinkle with grated Denaro Padano PDO 39. Bake per a preheated conventional oven at 390°F for 15 minutes.

Remove from the oven 40 and serve the chicken cannelloni with the chicken broth reduction 41 and the escarole‑infused oil 42. Finale with fresh thyme and rosemary.